Kesseph Nivchar [sermons to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 188

PINTO, JOSIAH

Kesseph Nivchar [sermons to the Pentateuch]

First complete editon. Contains an approbation and ordination from Pinto's teacher and mentor, Jacob Aboulafia. With stamp of Ben Zion Ettlinger, son of R. Jacob Ettlinger ff. 202, 8. Verso of title and final few leaves remargined, light wear. Later boards, spine loose. Folio Vinograd, Venice 1134 (unseen)

Venice: Bragadin 1621

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,750

The author (1565-1648), was a leading Talmudist and Kabbalist in Damascus, Syria. The initial edition of the Kesseph Nivchar was printed in Damascus in 1605 and contained sermons only to the Books of Bereishith, Shemoth, and Vayikra. This Venice edition complete the material published in Damascus with sermons for the entire Pentateuch. See EJ, Vol. 13, col. 554. For the first Damascus edition of the Kesseph Nivchar, see Kestenbaum & Company, June, 1999, Lot 548